Worn Down "pocket" Coins

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Elimist Pillar of the Community United States 632 Posts	Posted 01/05/2009 3:21 pm Holy cow! I'm amazed at those being literally the lowest grade Kennedy half and Eisenhower dollars I have ever seen. Thats just nuts. And whats also nuts is using coins that are worth thousands of dollars in just average grades as pocket pieces. Cool thread! Report this Post to the Staff
mikep Valued Member United States 322 Posts	Posted 01/05/2009 3:45 pm Very cool! I found this pocket piece in a roll. I now use it as such. The scratch is fading from use. Report this Post to the Staff
clembo Valued Member United States 442 Posts	Posted 01/05/2009 7:25 pm Quote: There are collectors who try and put together a set of the lowest grade coins they can find. There are even rules for this such as the wear must be natural and not done by sanding them down etc. and they mesy have a legible date. I would imagine they would even pay a premium to get the lowest grade coin. There are indeed such collectors. One of our customers at the shop currently has the WORST PCGS Morgan set in registry. They even sent him a plaque for it. The coins do INDEED have to be original wear. No doctoring. A few months ago we bought a bunch of Morgans from and elderly lady. Some decent some worn. I looked at them closer later and found that the worst was a very worn CC. We put it up on ebay and sure enough this guy won it. He was so excited when he came in to get it. Was much worse than the one he had. He was hoping for a FR2 grade. Not sure what it turned out. Last week a lady decided to keep a Peace dollar she had. Most worn I've ever seen. No date and the reverse virtually blank. I told her the boss might give $8 for it so she kept it. Told another "pocket piece" collector about it and he was upset we didn't get it. I might add this customer recently completed his set of "holed" Peace dollars. Maybe I'll start carrying a 1962 Franklin half in my pocket. My birth year. Report this Post to the Staff
soldier4Christ Valued Member United States 419 Posts	Posted 01/13/2009 12:00 am All I can say is "To every man his own" Report this Post to the Staff
thq Pillar of the Community United States 3343 Posts	Posted 01/14/2009 2:52 pm Comparing your father's technique with my own, there's nothing like that old heavy copper for pocket pieces. I'm working on a corroded 1795 cent, mixed with some big French revolutionary copper pieces. I'm hoping to wear off the corrosion a little without losing the strong date and liberty. The reverse is a wreck. Carrying the really big copper Russian 5 kopecks is a bit too much though. "Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire Report this Post to the Staff
christian_cyclist Valued Member United States 284 Posts	Posted 01/14/2009 4:02 pm I had to try this. After lunch, I took a 1980 Washington quarter with me on my walk and rubbed it. It's actually harder than I thought it would be. The muscles around my thumb got tired and I had to switch hands. Of course, I doubt I made any meaningful impact on the wear even though the coin has a roughly 29 year head start on the wear. -- Boris Report this Post to the Staff
mikep Valued Member United States 322 Posts	Posted 01/14/2009 6:33 pm I wish I was able to go for a walk. There's snow up to my ears. Report this Post to the Staff
Magman Valued Member United States 118 Posts	Posted 01/14/2009 6:56 pm I was thinking of trying this too... with a proof coin :D might be fun to see how worn down I can get my 1973-S nickel. hehe Report this Post to the Staff
HippieOutcast Pillar of the Community United States 615 Posts	Posted 01/14/2009 7:37 pm I already lost my Monroe dollar =/ Report this Post to the Staff
chequer Pillar of the Community Canada 4227 Posts	Posted 01/14/2009 7:52 pm Arrggh! Not being able to identify a coin's date (or, of course) the coin's origin itself has been bugging me lately. I have coins in my collection (as, I'm certain, every collector does) that are worn past identifying the year. I have a Mercury dime sitting in front of me like that. It would hurt to put them in the "scrap" pile, but what can you do? Anyway, I can certainly appreciate the coins (which is obvious or they'd be scrap), but it still bugs the heck out of me! lol Oh, yes, I have thought about putting it in my pocket to carry around, but fear I'd just lose it too. Edited by chequer 01/14/2009 7:55 pm Report this Post to the Staff
novillero Valued Member United States 290 Posts	Posted 01/20/2009 08:29 am Those coins look like ghosts. I may take one of my Washington quarters and see what further wear I can give it. Report this Post to the Staff
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